Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1880 — A Smart Man. [ARTICLE]

A Smart Man.

Jesse Lovely, while out West, was in search of a man whom he wished to see on a matter of business. After riding for half a day and losing the way in that sparsely-settled country, he drew up his steed in front of a log cabin. A female came to the door. “Will you be kind enough to tell me, miss, where Mr. William Humphrey lives?” said Jesse. “I don’t know,” very blandly replied the young lady; “but ’Squire Roberts, who lives about half a mile from here, can tell you. He is a very smart man.” Jesse rode on in the direction the fair enchantress indicated. Coming to the house, he cried out, “Hello!” The ’Squire, with his shirtcollar open, his spectacles on top of his head, and his pants in his boots, made his appearance at the door. “Is this ’Squire Roberts?” inquired Jesse. “I are he,” said the ’Squire, with an air of importance that would have been more becoming to a King. “ ’Squire Roberts,” said Jesse, “can you tell me where William Humphrey lives?” “I kin,” said the ’Squire, in a self-gratulatory manner, that he was able to answer the question, and proceeded, “if he are whar I anticipate he aro forty miles distant on Peter creek. Although his residence are exclusively adjacent to mine, I know nothing of his wharfores or his whiohabouts.” Jesse waved his hand in polit* salutation to the 'Squire;

and rode on to find hi s man as best he could with the information he had received from the ’Squire to whom the blushing maid had directed him as the savant of her section. —Richmond Herd’d.